The teastick -- pretty clever, and pretty to boot. I think I'll wait until it's not $18, though.
What inventions do you think are up-and-comers?
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I'm working on one right now. We'll call it the electronic business card. I think it can be big and we should have a working prototype by the end of May. We do not have a patent yet, so I can't show pictures. Eventually I will. I definately want to get feedback from this group.
Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
Like the one Burke gave Ripley in Aliens?
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
The portable, battery-powered toaster.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
rivka, that is brilliant.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I can't take too much credit for it. I saw it on Diane Duane's blog. But innit cyooot? Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
that is SOOO cool.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
My son, today, explained to me an idea for a rapid-fire water balloon launcher. It was a pretty ingenious and simple design and, if made from plastic, ought to be light enough to be kid-portable.
I think it'd be really cool to be able to add crew-served automatic weapons to a squirt-gun fight.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I had an idea the other day for a movie theater with bathrooms inside the individual theaters, so you wouldn't have to job a quarter mile to get to the bathroom and miss 10 minutes of the movie. Also while in the bathroom there will be monitors with the movie on it, so you never miss a second.
Less an invention and more a design concept, but I still think it's solid.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Also while in the bathroom there will be monitors with the movie on it, so you never miss a second.
About the time someone first sees someone grab their popcorn and go immediately to their stall for the whole movie, the world will recognize what terror you have wrought!
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Y'all remember intermissions? Whatever happened to those?
Long movies used to have a break - I remember intermissions in things like The Sound of Music. Then movies got shorter and didn't need them. Now some movies are going back to being really long - too long to wait the whole time - but they won't put in an intermission, therefore guaranteeing that nearly everyone misses at least one scene.
Couldn't we just bring back intermissions rather than watch the movie in the stall?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
The only movie I have ever seen in the theater with an intermission was Gods and Generals. And it needed one.
And Samp, who goes to the movies alone to be in a bathroom? It's not that kinda movie...
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:Y'all remember intermissions? Whatever happened to those?
They moved to Bollywood.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Fiddler on the Roof had an intermission.
So did Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
I agree, Titanic needed an intermission.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
I think I started a thread once about all the things I invented, but didn't follow up on, that have since been reduced to practice.
My big one (and I worked on this for awhile) was the steam hybrid car. I invented it in 1980 and did a proof of concept by running an Edumund's Scientific steam engine from the waste heat from a model airplane engine.
So now BMW is doing what I envisioned 26 years ago. I'd sure like to see that become popular.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Sheesh, if you can't hold it for three hours, get a diaper. As for the tea stick, bah, tea bags.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Anyone who doesn't know that loose tea is infinitely superior to bagged is a Philistine.
Given your other snide comment, a rude Philistine with absolutely no compassion for others.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Anyone who doesn't know that loose tea is infinitely superior to bagged is a Philistine.
Given your other snide comment, a rude Philistine with absolutely no compassion for others.
Whenever I hear someone call someone else a Philistine, I keep waiting for Geico to use them in a commercial similar to their caveman commercials.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I only think it's funny when rivka says it. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Probably because you know that I actually SAY it. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Yay! I'm a Philistine!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
People who don't drink tea are excluded from the aforementioned classification by dint of lack of relevant experience.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Unfortunately, my mugs are too tall to make the tea stick a viable option for me. But if they come out with a longer version, that would be awesome... in the meantime, I remain a Philistine.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I frequently use teabags. I use instant rice, too -- but I taste the difference between instant and the real thing.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
I saw Lawrence of Arabia in the theater and, when the intermission came on, I couldn't help but think "what the hell is this?"
Of course, I actually watch the intermission to 2001 while enjoying the music.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: People who don't drink tea are excluded from the aforementioned classification by dint of lack of relevant experience.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
An invention that needs to move beyond the drawing board is the self-cleaning toilet. I'd much rather have a self-cleaning toilet than a self-cleaning oven.
I'd also like to have a pop-up tent to go over the car, so I can always park in the shade without having to deal with bird splatters. It would have to automatically open and close with the press of a button (like an automatic umbrella) and be small and light enough to easily slip in the trunk. Magnets could keep it from blowing away.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
I hope I can say this without setting off another discussion of Biblical genocides; but considering what your people did to the Philistines, being called one is a bit of a compliment.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: People who don't drink tea are excluded from the aforementioned classification by dint of lack of relevant experience.
What about people who USED to drink tea?
(Not that I'm one of them-- when I drank tea I infinitely preferred loose.)
Posted by BlueWizard (Member # 9389) on :
I've always pictured a world in which gravity has been tamed. For example, you could create the equivalent of a combined Microwave and Freezer that runs off gravity.
If you want to cook something, you set it to omnidirectional anti-gravity. When you push the button, a simulaneous anti-force is applied from all directions that tugs at the atoms thereby exciting them and producing heat.
If you want to instantly freeze something, you place it inside and set it to omnidirection hyper-gravity. When you push the button, an omnidirectional hyper-gravity wave presses in on the object slowing molecular motion, and bada-bing bada-boom, it's frozen.
Hey, it could happen.
Steve/BlueWizard
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
quote:Originally posted by rivka: People who don't drink tea are excluded from the aforementioned classification by dint of lack of relevant experience.
What about people who USED to drink tea?
I'm sorry, the Department of Education what? (Oh, right. Not at work.)
I guess it would depend on length of time of relevant experience and how that compares to length of time since said experience.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
The teastick, while cute, is a unitasker! Doesn't anybody watch Good Eats? Unitaskers are bad!
Strain your tea after you make it.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: People who don't drink tea are excluded from the aforementioned classification by dint of lack of relevant experience.
Honest! I would drink tea, but every time I do I get this weird pressure in my forehead and don't feel very well. It's some kind of...reaction!
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
A patch that has a wireless connection with your cell phone, so that when it is ringing and not on vibrate or mute, it burns your flesh until you pick it up or turn it off.
All I have to do is convince millions of teenagers that you aren't cool unless you are burning your flesh. From my market research, there are already a good handful of them.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
But you don't really want the device for those mythical teens, right?
You have a target audience a bit closer to home in mind?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
quote:Originally posted by rivka: People who don't drink tea are excluded from the aforementioned classification by dint of lack of relevant experience.
You know Porter there are still plenty of amazing teas that fall well within the realm of the Word of Wisdom, if you are interested I'd be happy to suggest some. Many of them can be purchased in Utah, since you are coming in April you could stock up.
But hey, its up to you if you want to continue in ignorance Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote: An invention that needs to move beyond the drawing board is the self-cleaning toilet. I'd much rather have a self-cleaning toilet than a self-cleaning oven.
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: The only movie I have ever seen in the theater with an intermission was Gods and Generals. And it needed one.
The movie "Ghandi" had an intermission when it was in theaters. Not only was it needed in a movie that was nearly 4 hours long it played a role in the telling of story. It came right after the scene where the British gun down a courtyard of unarmed civilians. The scene left me (and most of the audience in shock) and so the break following gave the audience time to digest what was happening.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
quote:Originally posted by rivka: People who don't drink tea are excluded from the aforementioned classification by dint of lack of relevant experience.
You know Porter there are still plenty of amazing teas that fall well within the realm of the Word of Wisdom, if you are interested I'd be happy to suggest some. Many of them can be purchased in Utah, since you are coming in April you could stock up.
But hey, its up to you if you want to continue in ignorance
Herbal "teas" (more accurately called infusions or tisanes), while quite tasty, are not really teas. "Loose tea" has little meaning for most of them, anyway.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Anyone who doesn't know that loose tea is infinitely superior to bagged is a Philistine.
Given your other snide comment, a rude Philistine with absolutely no compassion for others.
Whenever I hear someone call someone else a Philistine, I keep waiting for Geico to use them in a commercial similar to their caveman commercials.
Except for the fact that Palestinia (the for runner of the modern word "Palestine") is the latin version of the greek "Philistine", which I believe would make such a commercial too politically charged.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Arnold:
quote: An invention that needs to move beyond the drawing board is the self-cleaning toilet. I'd much rather have a self-cleaning toilet than a self-cleaning oven.
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Herbal "teas" (more accurately called infusions or tisanes), while quite tasty, are not really teas. "Loose tea" has little meaning for most of them, anyway.
Definitely not true. I buy a variety of herbal teas (or if you prefer "infusions") in loose form.
My big question is whether or not the tea stick would actually work better than tea infusers with a snap handle. The problem I have with them is that some leaves, stems or whatever always get trapped in the seam so that it doesn't close properly. I'm not sure that the tea stick wouldn't have a similar problem with leaves and stuff jamming the sliding mechanism.
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